My mother

Ever present
Missing

... I know I have since surpassed her .... the life she lived.

For the last few years, I have travelled the career path of my father.

Better paid
Flying all over the place
Representing the interests of CARICOM - 6 Million people.

Now, it seems I have reached a turning point in my life.

The only words I whispered on visiting her grave were

"I am too you not to try this"

And ....

I am enjoying it.

The surgeon thinks his job ends once the patient leaves the hospital.

The person who visits the home, makes it safe, helps the family caregivers learn what changes will be necessary.

Teaches the patient, how to dress. Lymphodema. The swelling of her arm post op.
The tricks to using the 'fake breast', post masectomy.
Rigs the splint so that her hand is in a good position at night.
Makes a comb so that with restricted mobility, she can comb what hair she has left.

.....

That job....

Is an occupational therapist.
And I so wish that the person I am now understudying was there then.

But .... you can't change the past. .... BLUE ROSE, Left breast.